IE 6 fails after SP4 is installed.

[Guest]

I have installed Windows 2000 on a new hard drive, followed by a Zone Alarm firewall. My DSL Internet access worked fine even after updating Internet Explorer at Windows Update. I then installed Service Pack 4. After rebooting Explorer no longer accessed the internet, it would not load pages/the connection processs lagged forever and ultimatly failed.

I opened and used the windows Update dialog box that allows one to choose Explorer as the internet access program, with no change in the problem. I uninstalled Service Pack 4 and Explorer/DSL was back to normal. I reinstalled Service Pack 4 and again Explorer failed.

Suggetions??? Should I just abandon any hopes that Service Pack 4 will work for me? Is it really necessary or useful??should I install SP3 instead?

I posted this question in the Windows Update newsgroup and received a response that this was not really an update, but Windows general or setup problem

 

[Beth Wasserman]

I posted this problem in December of 2003 and have yet to
see a fix for this or what the problem is. I have also
had the same problem with earlier Service Packs. I tried
the Express install. Have you had a response? Does
anyone have an answer?!!!

-----Original Message-----
I have installed Windows 2000 on a new hard drive,

followed by a Zone Alarm firewall. My DSL Internet access
worked fine even after updating Internet Explorer at
Windows Update. I then installed Service Pack 4. After
rebooting Explorer no longer accessed the internet, it
would not load pages/the connection processs lagged
forever and ultimatly failed.

I opened and used the windows Update dialog box that

allows one to choose Explorer as the internet access
program, with no change in the problem. I uninstalled
Service Pack 4 and Explorer/DSL was back to normal. I
reinstalled Service Pack 4 and again Explorer failed.

Suggetions??? Should I just abandon any hopes that

Service Pack 4 will work for me? Is it really necessary
or useful??should I install SP3 instead?

I posted this question in the Windows Update newsgroup

and received a response that this was not really an
update, but Windows general or setup problem